πολιορκία

A. siege of a city, Hdt. 1.81, 190, 5.34, And. 1.73, Th. 2.78, etc.
2. metaph., besieging, pestering, v. l. in Plu. Sull. 25.
Liddell, Scott & Jones
A Greek-English Lexicon, 1940
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